Welcome to Alstonville – Wardell Catholic Church
Christmas Mass Times
Christmas Eve
Wardell – St Patrick’s Church
- 4.30pm Vigil
Alstonville
- Children’s Mass in McCarthy Hall (adjacent to Our Lady of the Rosary Church at 6.00pm
- Our Lady of the Rosary Church Alstonville – Vigil at 7.30pm
Christmas Day
- Our Lady of the Rosary Church Alstonville – 8.30am
Regular Mass Times
There are three weekend Masses to choose from;
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Alstonville: Saturday 6.00pm (Vigil) & Sunday 8.30am
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Wardell: Sunday 5.00pm (Eastern Standard Time) and 5.30pm (Daylight Saving Time)
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Weekday Masses (10.00am Alstonville – Wednesdays, Thursdays & Fridays) and (10.00am Wardell – Tuesdays) However, it is advisable to check the weekend bulletin to confirm as the weekday Masses are sometimes cancelled due to a priest not being available.
Masses of Remembrance
Wardell: There will be a Mass of Remembrance at the Wardell Cemetery on Tuesday, 29th October at 5.30pm. You are invited to bring a memento to place near the altar. Please bring your own chair. In the event of wet weather, Mass will be celebrated at St. Patrick’s Church Wardell.
Alstonville: The Mass of Remembrance will be celebrated at the Alstonville Cemetery on Saturday 2nd November at 9.00am. Drive in the main entrance, parking available at the Lismore end in the shade. You are invited to bring a memento to place near the altar. In the event of wet weather, Mass will be celebrated at Our Lady of the Rosary Church Alstonville.
Welcome to the Catholic Parish of Alstonville and Wardell website. Our hope is to capture a sense of our unique parish life and culture and the vibrant parish community we have in Alstonville and Wardell. We have been able to achieve this by photographs and events, videos, and contributed information provided by parishioners.
Our Lady of the Rosary Parish was established in 1981 under the care of Father Darcy McCarthy. Father McCarthy died in 1991 and Father Frank Mulcahy was appointed Parish Priest and he remained until 2012. Father Max Gow was appointed Parish Priest in August 2012. In August 2013 the Alstonville Parish was amalgamated with St Patrick’s Church, Wardell.
Our parish serves the following villages and centres: Alstonville, Wollongbar, Rous Mill, Marom Creek, Pearces Creek, Uralba, Tuckombil and Wardell.
This video is an acknowledgment of the various groups who make up our parish. All volunteers and participating parishioners are thanked for their contribution to help our parish be inclusive and welcoming.
Altar Servers Picnic
Each year, we hold a picnic day for those who have served on the Altar at Our Lady of the Rosary Alstonville and St Patrick’s church Wardell during the year. It is the Parish’s gesture to thank the children for the wonderful work they do assisting on the Altar.
The Senior Altar Servers (students in Years 7 – 12) enjoyed a day at Wet N Wild on the Gold Coast. The Junior Altar Servers went to the Ballina Waterslide and Ballina Ten Pin Bowl where they had fun playing lots of games.
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